XVI National Population and V de Housing Census1993 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994

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Reference ID

COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Sep 29, 2011

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Literacy (CO1993A_0421)

Data file: COL1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 199

End: 199

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

F.2 Ask these questions of all persons who are five years old or more.

32. Does he/she know how to read and write?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

F2. Ask these questions to all persons 5 years old or older

32. Does [the respondent] know how to read and write?

The response is affirmative if a person can read and write a text even if they do it with difficulty.

[Below the text is a form.]

Although it is infrequent, you can find persons who know how to read but not write. In these cases the response should be negative. It will be equally negative if the person only knows how to sign their name.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person was able to read and write.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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